Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Vasudeva Maharaj Foundation will be celebrating Sri Vasudeva Maharaj’s 82nd Jayanti and honouring achievers from various fields with ‘Sri Vasudeva Maharaj Award’ at a programme to be held at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Tyagaraja Road in city tomorrow (June 5) at 10.30 am. The awardees are Dr. Shashishekar Dixit (Religious), Dr. V. Srikantaswamy Dixit…
Mysore University conducts exams for Chinese students
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the Chinese Embassy’s decision to evacuate Chinese students from India, the University of Mysore (UoM) is conducting exams for Chinese students who are pursuing higher education in the University. UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that the Chinese Embassy in India had appealed to complete the exams as early as possible, as…
MLC appeals Minister to provide facilities for PU evaluators
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar to provide adequate facilities for II PUC Lecturers from other districts who have been assigned answer paper evaluation work at Bengaluru. In a letter to the Minister, Marithibbegowda, who represents South Teachers Constituency in the Legislative Council, urged the Government to compulsorily…
Science lecturers to boycott evaluation work at Bengaluru
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Citing lack of boarding and lodging facilities for lecturers from other districts at the State capital Bengaluru, where evaluation of Science stream papers will commence from tomorrow (June 5), Science lecturers have decided to boycott evaluation work. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore’ this morning, Karnataka State PU College Lecturers Association, Mysuru District President Yogananda…
Dr. G. C. Prakash is new Mysuru Regional Commissioner
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a sudden move, the State Government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS Officer Dr. G. C. Prakash as the new Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mysuru Revenue Division. He will also function as the Special Officer monitoring COVID-19 tackling measures in all the eight districts of Mysuru Division —- Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Dakshina…
Ten TN labourers who entered Chamarajanagar without permission sent to quarantine
June 4, 2020Chamarajanagar: Ten labourers, who had entered Chamarajanagar from Tamil Nadu (TN) without permission, have been put under quarantine. They were working at a granite factory near Badanaguppe village in the taluk and have been quarantined at a hostel from Tuesday night. These labourers had entered Chamarajanagar by hoodwinking the officials and without obtaining permission from…
Surveyor trapped while accepting bribe
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Land Surveyor of the taluk was trapped by ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Police when he was accepting bribe from a person at his office yesterday. Surveyor Harish, serving at Mysuru Taluk Office, had demanded a bribe of Rs.5,000 for issuing 11(A) land map to one Siddaraju of Talur in Jayapura Hobli, following which Siddaraju…
Two Labour Inspectors suspended
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking the whip on Government servants who display official apathy, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Wednesday suspended two Labour Inspectors of the city on charges of dereliction of duty. Senior Labour Inspectors R. Ravi (Circle No.1) and Nikhil Chandra (Circle No.2) are the ones who are suspended. The two, who were appointed as…
Maharashtra link brings two COVID-19 positives to Mysuru
June 3, 2020Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
Kodagu gears up to tackle possible rain disasters
June 3, 202025-member NDRF team lands in hilly district; to conduct mock drills in vulnerable areas Madikeri: With only a few hours left for the onset of monsoon as per the forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Kodagu District Administration, which battled two devastating floods and landslips in the last two years, is leaving little to…















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